Fishing Report

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Sunday, March 11th, 2001

  • Santa Clara County, California
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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Lake is filling nicely with lots of off color water which is full of debris. I fished from 9-4 and did okay considering the breeze and boat traffic. I hooked 6, landed 5, and missed one. Wound up with three around 2lbs, one 3, and a GIANT 7.8 w/ pics for proof!!! What a fish!!! Anyone lose a fire tiger Terminator?? Cuz the fish had one in it's mouth!! All the action was in 8'-12'of water on a 1/2oz brown/purple jig. Tried blades and cranks but they didn't work for me today.
      City: San Mateo

      Tips: Fish shallow w/ jigs.

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      Water Temp: 51-53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 8 til 1:30. I intended to start searching with a blade first thing, and didn't have to search long..first spot nailed a couple 2-3#ers. Went over the same area with a brown-n-purple jig with a blue trailer and nailed 2 more. Continued this way for the next 2 hours and managed to get 4-5 more...the blade seemed to stop working for me around 10, so I fished jigs the rest of the day looking for some better ones. Caught several more 2-3#ers.
      City: SJ

      Tips: Fish were pretty shallow, all my bites were in less than 10ft. Got bit on three different color jigs, but black with blue zoom super chunk seemed to work best.

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out from 6 am till 8 am and fished from the shore. Working the shorelines with a red timber tiger and landed a hawg. Didnt have a scale on me, but it had to go 7-8 lbs EASY. Got a couple good pics too. Thankfully the water maintenance worker was right by me and he shot the pics
      City: San Jose

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 52.5-56.0

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Couldn't put it together ..BLANKED...My partner cought two fish on a blade..Fished hard all day but nada...Conditions were great and need to get back out there to put this ass kicking behind me..Nice day to be on the water though..
      City: San Jose

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished BASS FED. tournement out of Ladds.Prefish went fair all things considered on what I've heard. I caught a limit of about 12lbs on Fri. but on of the fish was a 6lb. I figured I was in trouble today and I was right I figured I would run to a spot I've been getting crankbait fish to try to get a quick limit of small fish. It didn't happen. I caught one keeper and got cut off on the bank by some clown who I guess needed the bank more than I did. It's sad the lack of ethics I'm starting to see out here more and more.... best part of the bank too. Left the spot soon after and ran to were I caught my big fish on Fri. and caught a 2 1/2 on a shad colored DUHH!!! spinnerbait and that was it 22+ won the tournement.
      City: Galt

      Tips: Do the opposite of what I'm doing.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished near disappointment slough all day saturday and got just that - disappointed! worked tulies and rockwall with worms , crankbaits ,jigs and spinnerbaits. caught nothing and didnt get even a glimpse of any action. water too muddy and weedy to get any kind of pattern going,so i got the big skunk!
      City: oakland

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing could have been better. Had to WORK or all ish caught. 10.48 total weight or 5 ish in a club outing. Biggest ish was 3.40 or big ish or the club. All o the bites came 10 to 20 t. mixed spots and LM. I used a 809 4 inch Preditor on a split-shot rig. Bite was sot with ish hitting on the all.

      Tips: light line, "lat" structure close to deep water.

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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went pre-ishing or a club tourney with my buddy Ryen. We managed to get 10 bass and 1 nice salmon. I wasn't really expecting much, but didn't really care as I was still going o the high rom the Delta rom the day beore. Was a beautiul day to ish and our biggest bass was 6#'s. All o our ish were caught in 25-30 t o water on grubs and 4 in worms. The 6#er was the biggest ish I have seen caught on a drop shot rig. There was also a ederation tourney being held that day and it looks like it took around 15 pounds to win it. Wish we would o been in the tourney, because my buddies 5 ish limit went around 16#'s. I think the lake, as well as everywhere else is getting ready to bust wide open, as all o the ish were big and at. With the weather that is being called or this week it will make it very hard to show up or work!
      City: Roseville

      Tips: Weather is just starting to get nice. We knew we would really have to work or the ish with the incosistent weather and ull moon working against, but knew the bite would be there somehow. I ished a small club tourny 4 years ago at this time and we caught a nice top water limit in 61 degree water. This year ish are down 30 eet and the water is 56 degrees. I guess the ish are always there, it's just a matter o inding the right pattern.

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 53 - 57 degrees

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Nice sunny day wie & I out or un wie caught a nice 4lb. We caught 4 total on jigs rom 3 to 5 lbs in the state park area.Just a great day to be on the water.
      City: Glenhaven

      Tips: sub surace water still below 50 still ishing slow

  • Alameda County, California
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      Water Temp: 51'

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched early, lake muddied up pretty good, until hal way to the dam, where it clears considerably. Last major cove on right, was holding plenty o trout, as we got in line to through our power bait out. Yes, I've decided to try trout and Bass. Well, long story short, we boated seven trout, to two pounds, then went bass ishing. Caught our, up to two pounds also. Caught the irst smalley o the year shallow. Real dark, almost black. Caught the three large mouth, in 30', dropshotting.
      City: San Leandro

      Tips: Still winter pattern. Tried shallow, but marking ish in 25-30'. Dead stick the drop shot worm.

  • California
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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Tried sot plastics, reaction baits and blades. From 11am-4pm. Not a bite Switched to trolling or trout and landed two nice rainbows by the back boat ramp. They hit a yellow Rooster Tail. Several boats were trolling with lashers and having success. However I didn't see a bass landed all day. The bass bite should come on anytime now, until then best bet is trolling or trout.
      City: Merced

  • Sacramento County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Couldn't stick it out with jigs or bigger ish- went back to green weanies on darter heads. Caught 6 to 2lbs 12 to 20t on rocks with access to main lake. Suprise- got two on chartruese spinnerbait shallow mid-day. Sometimes even a blind squirel inds a nut.
      City: El Dorado Hills

      Tips: 3/16 darters with 6" weanie worms. shake em, drag em, and set on any resitance. Cranks and blades on rubble rock points. A couple brush piles thrown in makes or the best spot.

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      Water Temp: n/a

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: What a day walked rom Rattlesnake bar all the way to dotins point what a walk. Did mange to catch 12 ish my buddy caught 5 and I got 7. We were ish morning dawn worms in 4inch on rocky ponits and in trees in 5+ t o water. Saw alot o boats catch some nice ish they were ishing lizards and spinner baits.
      City: Roseville

  • Tulare County, California
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      Water Temp: 50-53 deg's

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went up around 9:30 am and went upriver but that water was cold, cold. Went back by marina - dam area and dropshot 5 ish, all dinks . Went over across rom the dam and had 8 hits and put 6 in the boat. all between 10-12 inches . ish were 40-55 t. deep.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: deep and slow.

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      Water Temp: 50-54

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished rom irst light to about 3:00, had about 10 ish. First ish o the morning was about 3 pounds on a hula grub hal way back into a cove in about 2 eet o water. Got me excited thinking the ish were in serious transition. NOT! Nothing else until I went back to the main lake point leading to the cove and started catching ish again, but smaller and split-shotting. Tried other spots with no success, but every time I returned to the point I got a ew more.
      City: Hanord

      Tips: With a ew more degrees in water temp. LOOK OUT!!!! I think the ish are ready and waiting to move up.

  • Tuolumne County, California
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      Water Temp: 52-55

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished a Mid-Cal tournament sun...Was tough,caught 6 bass or 10 lb plus..irst place was 13 plus..All ish came on worms,rom 25 too 40 t.We never got bit ater 11 am..Had too stick 3 ish.
      City: Riv

  • Amador County, California
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      Water Temp: 50-52

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish marked at 45 to 60 eet. They seem to be staging on main and secondary points. We didn't catch any, but then again I am not a deep water specialist. Pre spawn should be soon.
      City: Sacramento

      Tips: drop shots on main points

  • California
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      Water Temp: 50+

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: FISHED FROM BIG POINT TO THE BOAT LAUNCH USING WORMS CRANKBAITS AND SPINERBAITS HIT EVERY ROCK GRASSBED AND TREE WITHOUT A BUMP WEATHER WAS SUNNY AND WARM WITH LITTLE TO NO CLOUDS THESE BASS SHOULD COME UP ANY DAY WITH THIS KIND OF WEATHER.
      City: RICHMOND

      Tips: CANT WAIT FOR CLERLAKE NEXT MONTH

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      Water Temp: -------

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: ished rom bigpoint to launch area with worms crankbaits spinerbaits not a bite weather was nice and warm you would think these bass would come up with this weather but noooo. mabe in a coulple o weaks these crazy bass will come up.
      City: richmond

      Tips: cant wait or clearlake next month.

  • California
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      Water Temp: I dont know

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Give the lake a ew weeks to clear up. The weather has been VERY unstable lately, and the water is like chocolate milk. But i you need to ish, go ahead, just a little warning to bring the BIG willow blades, jigs, and black worms.Till Later,Joel
      City: San Luis Obispo